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Nikon COOLPIX P950 Digital Camera User Manual

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Table of contents

Table of contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 8

Read this first ....................................................................................................................................... 9
For your safety .................................................................................................................................. 12

Parts of the camera ............................................................................................................ 16

The camera body ............................................................................................................................. 17
Principle functions of the controls ............................................................................................ 20
The monitor/viewfinder ................................................................................................................ 25
Switching the information displayed on the screen (

button) ............................. 32

Power-on lamp (charge lamp) .................................................................................................... 34

Getting started .................................................................................................................... 36

Attaching the strap ......................................................................................................................... 37
Attaching/removing the lens cap and lens hood ................................................................ 38
Inserting the battery and memory card ..................................................................................39
Charging the battery ......................................................................................................................41
Opening the monitor ..................................................................................................................... 43
Camera setup .................................................................................................................................... 44

Basic operations of shooting and playback .............................................................. 47

Shooting still images ......................................................................................................................48
Recording movies ............................................................................................................................53
Switching between the monitor and viewfinder .................................................................54
Playing back images .......................................................................................................................55
Deleting images ...............................................................................................................................57

Shooting features ............................................................................................................... 60

Selecting a shooting mode (mode dial) ..................................................................................61
Auto mode (standard shooting) .................................................................................................62

, , , and modes ................................................................................................................. 63

Shooting with the Bulb setting or Time setting (when in mode) .............................69

(user settings) mode ..................................................................................................................71

Creative mode (applying effects when shooting) ............................................................... 75
Scene mode (shooting suited to the shooting conditions) ............................................. 78

Bird-watching .................................................................................................................................................. 79
Moon .....................................................................................................................................................................80
Portrait ..................................................................................................................................................................81